Broom bridle



H. O. HENNIG BROOM BRIDLE Sept. 15,

Filed Aug. 14. 1924 Patented Sept. 15, 1925. i

UNITED STATES HERMANN O. HENNIG, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BROOM RIDLE.

Application filed August 14, 1524.

TO (LZZ wLOm. t may Camera:

Be it known that I, HERMANN O. HENNIG, a citizen of Germany, residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and Useful Improvements in Broom Bridles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the nvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The Object of the present invention s to prolong the period of usefulness of a broom and to renforce the active portion whereby to hold the straws in close relation and pre- Vent their spreading and breaking, the reinforcing means being particularly adapted to be applied to a new broom whereby to confine the straws at a point intermediate the head and the active end of the broom, the reinforcement being adjustable and adapted for repeated use with difi erent brooms.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent and suggest themselves as the nature oi the invention is understood.

'While the drawings illustrate an embodimont of the invention it is to be understood 4 that in adapting the same to meet diiferent conditions and requirements, various changes in the form, proportion and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the nature of the nvention.

Betel-ring to the accompanying drawings ferming a part of the Specification- Figure 1 is an elevational view of a broom provided with a bridle embodying the invention,

Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional view on the line 2-2 of Figure 1, and

Figure 3 is a erspective view of the bridle.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and designated in the several views of the drawings by like reference characters.

The broom illustrated isot ordinary construction and comprises a handle 1 and a body 2 provided with a head &which is bound by ties 4: in a manner well understood.

The reinforcement or bridle comprises two similar or like members which are applied to the body at diflerent points in its length as indicated most clearly in Figure 1, said members being connected by ties 5 whose upper ends are inturned as indicated Serial NO. '732,010.

at 6 and enter opposite edge portions of the broom to assist materially in holding the reiniorcement in the required adjusted position. Each member comprising the bridle or reini orcement consists of similar elements or sections 7 and 8 which are slidably connected, each of the sections or elements consisting of a length of wire doubled upon itself into an approximate U form and having an inwardly disposed pin 9 projecting from the closed end and extending parallel with the elements comprising the sections, said pin consisting of a porton of the wire twisted upon itself and having the outermost twist spread to provide an eye 10 into which an end of the tie 5 is looped. The inner ends of the elements comprising the sections '7 and 8 overlap as shown most clearly in Figure 8 and the extremities are bent to provide eyes 11 which engage the elements 01- the companion section, whereby the two sections are held together and directed i in their sliding movements. The extremities of the wires after ferming the eyes 11 are extended inwardly as indicated at 12 to provide Spurs which engage the broom and assist materially in preventing outward movement of the sections 'after the latter have been pressed inwardly and otherwise applied so as to snugly embrace the broom.

Struts 13 connect opposite elements of the sections and pass through the broom and constitute ties which connect opposite elements of the respective members whereby to hold the device in the required adjusted position. The ties 5 are formed with crimps 15 which engage the uppermost member thereby holding the two members in the required adjusted position.

hat is claimed is:- v

1. A broom bridle comprising a broom head enclosing member consistng of mating elements to jointly embrace the broom head and having overlapping side arms, each element comprising a length of wire twisted ntermediate its ends to provide a pin penetrating the edges of the broom, the outermost twist of each pin formng an eyelet, and a tie connected in each eyelet and having its end inturned to engage the broom head.

2. A broom bridle comprising a broom head enclosing member consisting of mating elements to jointly embrace the broom head and having o-verlappng side arms, each element comprising a length of wire twisted intermediate its ends to provide .a pin penetrating the edges of the brooni, the outer- InOst tWist of each pin forming an eyelet, a tie connected in each eyelet and having its end inturned to engage the broom head, said ties having crimps therein, and a broom bridle section engaging and being positioned by said crimps.

3, A broom bridle comprising a broom head enclosing member consisting of inating elements to jointly embrace the broom head and having overlapping side arms, each element comprising a length of Wire tWisted intermediate its ends to provide a pin penetratng the edges of the broom, the outermost tWist of each pin ferming an eyelet a tie connected in each eyelet and having its end inturned to engage the broom head, the tei'- minal portions of said elements being conneoted and in sliding engagement, and a 20 strut connecting the terminals of one of said elements.

In testlmony whereof I aflix my signature.

HERMANN O. I-IENNIG. 

